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' LIQUID SCALE.

(Appliation mea Aug. 29, 19h11) LND Modl.)

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lUNrrED STATES PATENT FFIC.

WILLIAM BUSCHMANN, OF HALEDON, NEW JERSEY.

LIQUID-SCALE.`

SPECIFICATION forming part 0f Letters Patent N0. 691,110, dated. January14, 1902.

l Application filed August 29, 1901. Serial No. 73,682. (No model.)

To a/ZZ wiz/070e t mag/concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM BUscHMANN, a citizen of the UnitedStates,1'esiding in Haledon, in the county of Passaic and State of NewJersey, have invented ce'rtain new and useful Improvements inLiquid-Scales; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as willenable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to liquid-scales, and it constitutes animprovement upon the device patented to myself and C. C. E. Van Alstineby United States Letters Patent No. 437,899, dated October 7, 189,0.

The invention will loe found fully illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, where- 1n- Figure l is a View of a pail or bucket providedwith one form of 'my improved liquidscale. Fig. 2 is a Viewsubstantially like Fig. l, but showing another form of the saidliquid-scale. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view, and Figs. t and 5 aredetail views illustrating modifications of the invention. y

In said drawings,a designates a pail,bucket, or other similar receptaclehaving a bail or handle b, preferably of the flat sheet-metal type. Theupper portion of this bail is provided with a central opening c. It isreinforced by the plate d, which is also penetrated by the said openingc.

e (referring to Fig. 1) denotes the index-rod. This rod has an eye fatthe upper end which receives its sustaining-ring g, and at the lowerend of said rod is formed a pair of hooks 71,. In the hooks seats thelower end of a spiral spring t, which is coiled about the rod andpresses against the under side of the bail b.

As indices for the rod e I provide a series of openingsj. By these orother form of indices the quantity, by weight, of liquid in thereceptacle a may be determined according as the one or the Vother ofsaid openings' registers with the bail where the index-rod penetratesit. The openings j of course afford indices for visually determining thequantity of liquid held by the receptacle, but they are providedespecially so that the measurement can be taken by feeling the rod withthe fingers, as Where the receptacle is filled in a darkened cellar orother apartment.

In that form of my invention illustratedin Fig. 2 an eye lc is solderedor otherwise secured to the bottom of the receptacle ct, and the spiralspring Zhas its ends in the form of hooks m and connected the one tosaid eye lc and the other lo an eye u in the lower end of the index-rode.

As a modification of the scale illustrated in Fig. l the lower end ofthe springt may seat in a cup o, carried by a hookp, suspended from theindex-rod. (See Fig. 4.)

The hooks h of the index-rod illustrated in Fig. l are wrought out whenthe rod isformed. If desired and as illustrated in Fig. 5, the rod,which in this case is preferablyinade of sheet metal, has its lower endfirst split and then the split portions q turned -in opposite directionsto form the hooks. i

In order to render the parts detachable, the index-rod may have asaw-cut r com municating with its opening f, whereby the ring may beremovedpreliminarily to separating the other parts.

I form VVthe hooks h or p small enough so 'that they may enter betweenthe helices of the spring, as at s, Fig. l. lThus if on account ofstretching through considerable use, &c., it is necessary to adjust thespring this may be done after one of the hooks has been introducedbetween two of its helices by simply turning the spring on theindex-rod.

Having thus fully described myinvention, whatI claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination ofa pail,bucket or other similar receptacle havingabail, said bail being provided with a central opening, an index-rodpenetrating said opening, a spring engaging the lower end ofsaid rod anda portion of the receptacle, and a sustaining device connected to saidindex-rod above the bail, said index-rod having openings aifordingtactile indices, substantially as described.

2. The combination ofa pail,bucket or other similar receptacle having abail, said bail be- ICO ing provided with a central opening, an inl Intestimony that I claim the foregoing I dex-rod penetrating said opening,the lower have hereunto set my hand this 28th day of end of said rodbeing divided and the divided August, 1901.

portions turned up to form hooks, anda. spiral WILLIAM BUSOHMANN. 5spring surrounding said index-rod and inter- Witnesses:

posed between said hooks and the bail, sub- JOHN W. STEWARD,

stantially as described. ROBERT J. POLLITT.

